渡邊 直美 （ わたなべなおみ ）


日本電信電話株式会社
コミュニケーション科学基礎研究所
協創情報研究部
コミュニケーション発達研究グループ
主任研究員

連絡先:
naomi.watanabe (at) ntt.com
〒619-0237 京都府相楽郡精華町光台2-4
NTT CS研オープンハウス2024

News

2024.5 朝小はじめてのしんぶん特別号に「じぶんのきもちをことばにしよう」記事掲載
2024.3 パーソナルちいく絵本PRイベントにパネリストとして登壇しました （テーマソング『なまえ』が公開に！）
2023.9 幼児がよく使う感情語データに基づいて監修した絵本『おたすけハッピー』『おかおをポン』(NTT印刷)の販売開始！ （重版決定）
2023.9 「ぎゅって」webに「気持ちをうまく表現できてる？子どもの豊かな感情の育て方とおすすめ絵本3選」記事掲載

Research Interests

  • 社会性と感情能力の発達（幼児期、児童期）
  • 子育て、親による社会化、文化的価値観
  • 保育の質、先生による社会化（こどもへの声かけ、こどもとのやりとり）

Education

2015.5 Ph.D. in Applied Developmental Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Advisor: Susanne A. Denham, Ph.D., University Professor
Dissertation:“Parental Socialization of Emotion in Japan: Contribution to Preschoolers’ Emotion Knowledge”
2011.5 M.A. in Applied Developmental Psychology, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
Advisor: Susanne A. Denham, Ph.D., University Professor
Thesis:“Forgiveness in Japanese Children and Adolescents: Dispositional, Emotional, and Parental Influence”
2008.5 B.A. with Honors, in Psychology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Advisor: Judith Bryant, Ph.D., Professor
Honors Thesis: “Japanese Parents’ Beliefs about Polite Behaviors of Children who are Exposed to Japanese and American Culture”

Publication

  • Journal Paper
  • Conference paper
  • Book

Journal Paper

  1. Watanabe, N., Denham, S. A., Jones, N. M., Kobayashi, T., Bassett, H. H., & Ferrier, D. E. (2019). Working toward cross-Cultural adaptation: Preliminary psychometric evaluation of the affect knowledge test in Japanese preschoolers. SAGE Open, 9(2), 1-15.
  2. Watanabe, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2019). Japanese children's emotion talk: Relations to interdependent cultural values and their prosocial and aggressive behaviors. Culture & Brain. doi:10.1007/s40167-019-00081-2

Conference Paper

  1. Watanabe, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2019). Does culture shape children's interpretations and descriptions of emotions? Predicting their prosocial and aggressive behaviors. Poster presented at the 39th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD2019), Baltimore, Maryland, USA (21-23 March, 2019).
  2. Watanabe, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2018). Everyone is now happy with the little frog: The relation between school-age children's emotion understanding and prosocial behaviors. Poster presented at 25th Biennial Meeting of International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD2018), Gold Coast, Australia (15-19 July 2018).
  3. Nakane, A., Watanabe, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2018). Japanese mothers' child-rearing goals: Relations to their parental practices. 40th Annual Conference of the International School Psychology Association. Tokyo Seitoku University, Tokyo, Japan (25-28 July 2018).
  4. Watanabe, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2018). Knowing more emotion words is good for children? The association between emotion vocabulary and prosocial behaviors in elementary school children. Paper presented at Asian Conference of Psychology & Behavioral Sciences (ACPBS2018), Kobe, Japan (23-25 March 2018).
  5. Okumura, Y., Ohtake, Y., Gobara, A., Sasaki, K., Yonemitsu, F., Naka, K., Watanabe, N., Fujita, S., Hattori, T., Yamada, Y., & Kobayashi, T. (2017). The effect of an intervention assisting mothers with picture book search. Poster presentation at 27th Conference of European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA2017), Bologna, Italy.
  6. Saito, A., Fujimoto, Y., Okumura, Y., Hattori, T., Fujita, S., Watanabe, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2017). Selecting appropriate picture books for children: Implementation of Pitarie, a search system for picture books at a preschool teacher preparation program. Paper symposium presentation at 27th Conference of European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA2017), Bologna, Italy.
  7. Watanabe, N., Kawasaki, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2017). What is important in my child's childcare? Mothers' beliefs about childcare quality in Japan. In N. Watanabe (Chair), Mothers' beliefs and values regarding early childhood socialization. Paper symposium presentation at the 27th Conference of European Early Childhood Education Research Association (EECERA2017), Bologna, Italy.
  8. Watanabe, N., Kawasaki, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2017). Mothers' beliefs about childcare quality in Japan: The importance of teacher-child relationships and teacher-parent communication. In N. Watanabe (Chair), Promoting child development and learning from infancy to adolescence: Mothers' and teachers' belief, attitude, knowledge, behavior, and practice. Paper symposium presentation at the International School Psychology Association 39th Annual Conference, Manchester, UK.
  9. Watanabe, N., Denham, A. S., Bassett, H. H., & Kobayashi, T. (2015). Parental Socialization of Emotion in Japan: Contribution to Preschoolers' Emotion Knowledge. Poster presented at the 17th European Conference on Developmental Psychology (ECDP2015), Braga, Portugal.
  10. Watanabe, N., Jones, N., Denham, S., & Kobayashi, T. (2015). How Culture Plays a Role? Relations between Parenting Practice and Preschoolers' Emotion Knowledge in Japan. Paper presented at the 37th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD2015), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
  11. Watanabe, N., Denham, S., Kobayashi, T., & Bassett, H. H. (2014). Cultural Differences in Emotion Expressions: Reliability of the Affect Knowledge Test in Japan. The 23rd Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD2014), Shanghai, China.
  12. Watanabe, N., Jones, N., Bassett, H. H., Kobayashi, T., & Denham, S. A. (2013). Does Culture Matter? Relations Between Parental Style and Japanese Preschoolers' Emotion Knowledge. American Psychology Association Conference (APA2013), Hawaii, USA.
  13. Watanabe, N., Jones, N. M., Kobayashi, T., Bassett, H. H., & Denham, S. A. (2013). Can TV Watching Benefit Children? Environmental Contributors to Japanese Preschoolers' Emotion Knowledge Learning. American Psychology Association Conference (APA2013), Hawaii, USA.
  14. Watanabe, N., Kobayashi, T., Bassett, H. H., & Denham, S. A. (2013). Preschoolers' Causal Attributions for Self and Other's Emotions in Relation to Verbal Ability and Parenting Style in Japan. Poster presented at the 36th Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD2013), Seattle, USA.
  15. Watanabe, N., Kobayashi, T., Bassett, H. H., & Denham, S. A. (2012). Relations between parenting style and preschoolers' emotional competence in Japan. Poster presented at the 22nd Biennial Meeting of International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD2012), Edmonton, Canada.
  16. Watanabe, N., & Kobayashi, T. (2012). Measuring emotion knowledge in Japanese children: Cross-cultural comparison on the reliability of the Affect Knowledge Test. Poster presented at the 22nd Biennial Meeting of Society for Research in Human Development (SRHD2012), New Orleans, USA.

Book

  1. 渡邊直美･小林哲生 [監修]･かしわらあきお[著](2023).『おたすけハッピー』(すくすく★こころえほん), NTT印刷/サンクチュアリ出版.
  2. 小林哲生･渡邊直美 [監修]･かしわらあきお[著](2023).『おかおをポン！』(すくすく★こころえほん), NTT印刷/サンクチュアリ出版.
  3. 渡邊直美･小林哲生 [監修]･かしわらあきお[著](2022).『たくさんのきもち』(パーソナル知育絵本) NTT印刷.
  4. 渡邊直美 [分担執筆] (2020). 友だちはいつからできるの？－幼児期の感情と社会性の発達.『ひと目でわかる発達：誕生から高齢期までの生涯発達心理学』 渡辺弥生・西野泰代編著, 福村出版.

Press & Event

  • Press
  • Event

Press

  1. 産経新聞 (2024.1.22), 記事「学術研究が裏付け『エビデンス絵本』」親の読み聞かせで賢くやさしい子に＜近ごろ都に流行るもの＞」
  2. テレビ東京「シナぷしゅ」(2024.1.18), 放映「もりのとしょかん『おかおをポン！』」
  3. 絵本ナビ (2023.12.21), 記事「絵本をさわると驚きの変化が！「感情語」調査データから生まれたアクティブ体験絵本 『おかおをポン！』『おたすけハッピー』」
  4. PR TIMES (2023.9.7), PR「イヤイヤ期の救世主！？きもちを伝えられる子に育てる絵本『おかおをポン！』が9月21日に新発売！」
  5. マイナビニュースTeck+ (2023.1.31), 記事「子どもの人生に良い影響を与える自分だけの絵本: パーソナルちいくえほんが紡ぐ好循環」
  6. 絵本ナビスタイル(2022.12.13), 記事「子どもの語彙力を鍛えるには:　家でできる語彙力アップの方法」
  7. マイナビニュースTeck+ (2022.9.16), 記事「子どもの“かんしゃく”を減らすカギは感情表現？ パーソナルちいくえほんで感情を学ぶ」
  8. 共同通信社オーヴォ(2022.4.19), 記事「幼児が50の言葉を学べる絵本「たくさんのきもち」：子どもの名前や記録を記載したオリジナル本に」
  9. 電経新聞(2022.4.19), 記事「NTT研の知見，幼児の発達に寄与：パーソナルちいくえほんで感情能力育成」
  10. PR TIMES(2022.4.13), PR「感情を豊かにする50の言葉を学ぶ、世界でひとつだけの“きもち”絵本を発売開始～コロナ禍でこそ求められる感情発達をサポート～」

Event

  1. パネルディスカッション:パーソナルちいく絵本PRイベント (2024.3)
  2. 展示: CS研オープンハウス2020,「こどもの感情発達レベルを測ります」（2020.6）